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Milcząca Gwiazda (German: Der schweigende Stern), literal English translation The Silent Star, is a 1960 East German/Polish color science fiction film based on the 1951 science fiction novel The Astronauts by Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem. It was directed by Kurt Maetzig, and stars Günther Simon, Julius Ongewe and Yoko Tani.
[3]: 167 While Venus has since come to be regarded as the most promising candidate for terraforming, [3]: 171, 173 before the 1960s science fiction writers were more optimistic about the prospects of terraforming Mars, and early depictions, such as Kuttner and Moore's Fury, consequently portrayed terraforming Venus as more challenging.
Venus is a science fiction novel by American writer Ben Bova, [1] part of the Grand Tour novel series [citation needed] and first published in the year 2000. [1] The story follows Van Humphries, the son of the ruthless tycoon Martin Humphries, and his experiences on Venus.
Classics of Science Fiction - lists and various breakdowns; Nebula Award Winners; The Core Reading List of Fantasy and Science Fiction - from NESFA; Science fiction, fantasy and horror books by award, lists all award-winning books for 14 genre awards; Best 50 sci-fi novels of all time (Esquire; March 21, 2022)
A True Story (Ancient Greek: Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα, Alēthē diēgēmata; Latin: Vera Historia or Latin: Verae Historiae), also translated as True History, is a long novella or short novel [1] written in the second century AD by the Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. [2]
The Amtor or Venus series is a science fantasy series consisting of four novels and one novelette written by American author Edgar Rice Burroughs. Most of the stories were first serialized in Argosy, an American pulp magazine. It is sometimes known as the Carson Napier of Venus series, after its main character, Carson Napier. Napier attempted a ...
The planet Venus in fiction. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. ... Novels set on Venus (1 C, 37 P) S. Short stories set ...
This is a timeline of science fiction as a literary tradition. While the date of the start of science fiction is debated, this list includes a range of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance-era precursors and proto-science fiction as well, as long as these examples include typical science fiction themes and topoi such as travel to outer space and encounter with alien life-forms.